Norman J. Grossfeld (b. December 15, 1963 in New York) is an American television producer and screenwriter and executive. From February 1994 to December 2009, he was the president of 4Kids Productions, a subsidiary of 4Kids Entertainment. He produced the English adaptations of the first eight seasons of the Pokémon TV series and six seasons of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TV series. He produced five seasons of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, five Pokémon movies, and one Yu-Gi-Oh! movie.[1][2]
Before his role as president of 4Kids, Grossfeld was a producer and director at Television Programming Enterprises from 1988 to 1991, worked at NBC Sports from 1991 to 1992 as a coordinating director, and spent 1992 through 1994 as president of the television production company Gold Coast Television Entertainment.[2]
Grossfeld is credited with writing the Pokémon franchise's tagline, "Gotta catch 'em all!" His originally suggested idea was "Catch 'Em if You Can", but this was rejected by Nintendo, the company that owns Pokémon, because they were unable to trademark it.[3] He also wrote both the main and ending theme songs for Sonic X and Kirby: Right Back at Ya!, and the English ending theme song to Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker.
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Year | Title | Role |
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1999 | Pokémon: The First Movie | Writer, Producer[4][5][6][7] |
2000 | Pokémon: The Movie 2000 | Writer, Producer[7][8] |
2001 | Pokémon 3: The Movie | Writer,[9] Producer[7][10] |
2002 | Pokémon 4Ever | Writer,[6] Executive producer[11] |
2003 | Pokémon Heroes | Executive producer[12] |
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light | Writer, Executive producer[7][13] | |
2004 | Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker | Writer,[7] Producer, Ending theme song writer |
2005 | Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys | Writer, Producer [7] |
Year | Title | Role |
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1986 | Fame, Fortune & Romance | Director[6][7] |
1987 | Runaway With the Rich and Famous | Director[6][7] |
1988 | Rich and Famous 1988 World's Best | Associate producer[6][7] |
1988 | Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes | Writer[7] |
1993 | Campbell's Portrait of a Teacher | Field producer[6][7] |
1995 | WMAC Masters | Executive producer[14] |
1998 | Pokémon | Writer, Executive producer,[6][7] Song writer[15] |
2001 | Cubix | Writer, Executive producer, Theme song writer[6][7] |
2003 | Sonic X | Executive producer, Theme song writer |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Executive producer, Theme song writer[16] | |
2002 | Yu-Gi-Oh! | Executive producer,[6][7] Song writer[17] |
Kirby: Right Back at Ya! | Executive producer, Theme song writer | |
2004 | One Piece | Executive producer[6][7] |
2005 | Winx Club | Executive producer |
2006 | Viva Pinata (TV series) | Executive Producer |